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Old 15th Feb 2011, 17:17
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Roffa

 
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Bizarre stuff.... I cannot comprehend anyone getting bored in ATC. If you're stuck in an office, maybe, but not in a tower or on radar as an operational controller. Not once in my time in ATC was I ever bored; it simply never happened.
Just about all the other approach or TMA controllers at TC have (actually are required to have) validations on different approach or area sectors, thus a bit of variation.

The majority of the LL controllers at TC just do LL with little chance of doing anything else even if they wanted to (although they are not required to) due to the perpetual under staffing.

18 years now of just saying leave LAM heading 270 (occasionally perhaps 265 or 275, who says there isn't variety!) is not always particularly inspiring I regret to say.

Whilst I have no desire to go down the GS/management route, it would be nice to think one was occasionally coming in to work to do something a little different. Bored isn't the correct word, it's just a bit of variety would be nice.
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